FABLES. 



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THE LION, THE TIGER, AND THE WOLF. 



A Lion and a Tiger at the same instant seized on 

 a young Fawn, which they immediately killed. 

 This they had no sooner performed, than they fell 

 to fighting, in order to decide whose property it 

 should be. The battle was so obstinate, that they 

 were both compelled, by weariness and loss of 

 blood, to desist and lie down breathless and quite 

 disabled. A Wolf passing that way, perceiving 

 how the case stood, very impudently stepped up 

 and seized the booty, which they had all this while 

 been contending for, and carried it off. The two 

 combatants, who beheld this without being able to 

 prevent it, could only make this reflection: How 

 foolish, said they, has been our conduct! Instead 

 of being contented, as we ought, with our respective 

 shares, our senseless rage has rendered us unable 



